DEDICATION

to his belly. The Nymphs, having rescued him from the cruelty of his father, raised him on the substitute hypobolimaeo: from the Greek hypobolimaios, meaning substituted or "put under"; referring here to the foster-milk of the goat rather than the mother's milk milk of Amalthea (that is the name of the goat), since it was not his mother's. Therefore, once Jupiter reached adulthood, wishing to repay the favor of his upbringing to both the goat and the nymphs, he enrolled the goat into the choir of the stars This refers to the catasterism of Amalthea, where she was transformed into the star Capella or the constellation Capricorn.. The nymphs, however, he gifted with one of the horns of that celestial goat, from which whatever they might wish for would come forth in great abundance.

If you do not know it, this horn of Amalthea is Opportunity original: "occasio", which is accustomed to satisfy the prayers of all people. For if anyone desires something, let him approach Opportunity, and he will surely obtain it, as long as...